Antifa member who said to “kill cops” praised by NYT journalist

Ismael Chamu is a Berkeley antifa activist who was charged with vandalism last July for allegedly spray painting people’s cars and fences with “F— White People,” “F— the police,” “F— frat Boys,” “Kill Cops”, “Kill Yuppies,” “Eat the Rich,” “Class War”, etc. This story is especially important to us because our reporting was instrumental in these charges.

Who is Ismael Chamu? Well, let’s let him tell you in his own words. The following is from a blog that he published on April 4th, 2017 shortly before he was arrested:

That’s right, before he was arrested in relation to 30 instances of anti-gentrification vandalism he published a blog(he deleted this post but fortunately we were able to archive it first) advocating for anti-gentrification vandalism. In that same blog he also refers to gentrification as a “disease” and praises the violent tactics of Antifa:

If this weren’t enough, he has also published several inflammatory anti-white posts on his Facebook page, which has since been deleted entirely. But not to worry, we archived those as well:

After we originally published the above information about his blog and public calls for criminal activity, we contacted the Berkeley Police Department and encouraged our readers to do the same. Shortly after he was arrested and charged for these crimes.

2 Berkeley students arrested on suspicion of hate crime, vandalism Ismael Chamu, 21, was arrested on a warrant at his San Francisco home at 9 p.m. Thursday, according to Alameda County sheriff’s office records online.” June 2017. https://t.co/N6HLjRYkdt

The grit and determination of Ismael Chamu is jaw-dropping. Kudos to @TeresaWatanabe for telling his story and deftly capturing the affordable housing crisis for CA’s college students https://t.co/eRFQHxZdva

It is unlikely that either of these journalists knew about Chamu’s arrests or affiliation with domestic extremist groups when they made these tweets but this is an important lesson on the role our media plays in shaping societal narratives. Would the author of the LA Times article have even made the update if people familiar with Ismael had not contacted her? Not likely. And that is troubling.

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